Sid Salter, a political columnist and journalist in residence at Mississippi State University In 1968, Reed recruited a young man named Haley Barbour, who had just helped out with his older ...

the nephews of Haley Barbour, the former Mississippi governor who is himself an integral part of the sophisticated political operation seeking to quash Cochran’s primary opponent from the GOP ...

he is one of the GOP’s sharpest political minds. Barbour is weighing a presidential campaign and has said he won’t commit to a White House run until the Mississippi legislature ends its ...

Before the storm, Barbour, 59, was better known for his behind-the-scenes political acumen than any executive leadership abilities. He had lost his previous bid for office in a 1982 U.S. Senate ...

Barbour, in a guest lecture at Jackson State University, invited African American students to "keep an open mind and an open eye" on the GOP. He said Mississippi needs "salt and pepper" political ...

Barbour's statements as racist, nor do I believe he intended for anyone else to view his comments as such," Jones said. Political author, columnist and professor Peter Dreier, in an op-ed piece ...

But Barbour's political skills have been tested and proven in Mississippi, where he defeated a Democratic incumbent to become just the second Republican elected governor since Reconstruction ...

1986 - Reagan’s deputy assistant for political affairs. 1986 - Founds Barbour, Griffith & Rogers, a lobbying firm with offices in Washington, DC, and Yazoo City, Mississippi. 1988 - Serves as an ...

Also, the book recounts how Democrats in the Legislature — particularly former House Speaker Billy McCoy — set aside incredibly raw political wounds inflicted by Barbour before the storm and ...

he is one of the GOP's sharpest political minds. Barbour is weighing a presidential campaign and has said he won't commit to a White House run until the Mississippi legislature ends its session in ...